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An edition of The story of American freedom (1994)

The story of American freedom

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Over the course of our history, freedom has been a living truth for some Americans and a cruel mockery for others. In Eric Foner's stirring history, freedom's story is not the simple unfolding of a timeless truth, but an open-ended history of accomplishment and failure. Its impetus lies in the aspirations and sacrifice of millions of Americans, celebrated and anonymous, who have sought freedom's blessings.

Its meaning is shaped not only in congressional debates and political treatises, but on plantations and picket lines, in parlors and bedrooms. Its cast of characters ranges from Thomas Jefferson to Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan, from former slaves seeking to breathe real meaning into emancipation to the union organizers, freedom riders, and women's rights advocates of our time.

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W.W. Norton
Language
English
Pages
422

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Subjects
Human rights, Democracy, Civil rights, Slavery, Liberty, History, United states, history, Civil rights, united states, Human rights, united states
Places
United States

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The story of American freedom
1998, W.W. Norton
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The story of American freedom
1994, University of Cape Town
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Table of Contents

Introduction
The birth of American freedom
To call it freedom
An empire of liberty
The boundaries of freedom in the young republic
A new birth of freedom
Liberty of contract and its discontents
Progressive freedom
The birth of civil liberities
The New Deal and the redefinition of freedom
Fighting for freedom
Cold War freedom
Sixties freedom
Conservative freedom

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-393) and index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
323.44/0973
Library of Congress
E179 .F69 1998, E179.F69 1998

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xxii, 422 p.
Number of pages
422
Dimensions
25 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL344331M
Internet Archive
storyofamericanf00fone
ISBN 10
0393046656
ISBN 13
9780393046656
LCCN
98003290
OCLC/WorldCat
98003290, 38504272
Library Thing
77301
Goodreads
132919

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First Sentence

"AMERICAN FREEDOM was born in revolution."

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Over the course of our history, freedom has been a living truth for some Americans and a cruel mockery for others. In Eric Foner's stirring history, freedom's story is not the simple unfolding of a timeless truth, but an open-ended history of accomplishment and failure. Its impetus lies in the aspirations and sacrifice of millions of Americans, celebrated and anonymous, who have sought freedom's blessings. Its meaning is shaped not only in congressional debates and political treatises, but on plantations and picket lines, in parlors and bedrooms. Its cast of characters ranges from Thomas Jefferson to Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan, from former slaves seeking to breathe real meaning into emancipation to the union organizers, freedom riders, and women's rights advocates of our time. - Jacket flap.

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